Inventing van Eyck :

Graham, Jenny.

Inventing van Eyck : the remaking of an artist for the modern age / Jenny Graham. - Oxford : Berg, 2007. - x, 259 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.

Van Eyck is now seen as the artist who bridged the gap between the medieval and the modern. His story is the story of modern art - the turbulent clash of ideologies, the shifting and making of taste, the perfect timing of historical event and technological change, the politics of the art world and the cult of celebrity.

Specialized.

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Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440 --Appreciation--History.
Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440 --Criticism and interpretation.